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Jim Bronskill

PM Carney to announce federal artificial intelligence strategy in Toronto today

Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to announce the federal government's strategy on artificial intelligence in Toronto today. Carney is slated to tour an artificial intelligence institute and meet with researchers as he unfurls the blueprint. The strategy comes as governments, businesses and civil society navigate the rapid development of machine learning and tools that can process information almost instantly...

Althia Raj

He yells’: Mark Carney’s focus has Liberal MPs bristling

Perhaps, we’ll soon call it Mark Carney’s democratic deficit. The prime minister has a penchant for centralizing power — one explored a few times in this column — and now the edict to his Liberal MPs is that he does not want to be challenged. Over the course of several caucus meetings now, Grit MPs report Carney lashing out at...

David Baxter

How high pandemic-period immigration papered over the cracks in Canada's economy

Prime Minister Mark Carney has said that lower immigration under his government helps to explain why Canada's economy has declined for the last two quarters, pushing it into recession territory. While Carney has not said the word "recession" himself when asked about the decline -- and while economists citing broader economic indicators argue Canada is not in a true recession...

Rahim Mohamed

New B.C. Conservative leader would maintain 'economic relations' with an independent Alberta

Findlay said she understood the 'frustration behind things like the (Alberta) referendum.' Newly elected B.C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay says she’d maintain commercial ties with neighbouring Alberta if Albertans vote to leave Canada. “I would maintain relations, economic relations,” Findlay told National Post when asked how she’d react to a successful Alberta independence vote as premier of B.C. One of...

Canada must increase NATO air and naval defences, U.S. demands

The U.S. expects European NATO allies and Canada to swiftly increase the number of manned and unmanned aircraft and ships they contribute to the alliance’s defence plans as Washington steps back in these areas, a top U.S. general said on Wednesday. The statement by U.S. Air Force General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO’s top commander and the head of U.S. forces in...

Polls

Federal Politics: Liberals Reach Highest Level of Support

Leger’s latest federal polling shows the Liberal Party continuing to strengthen its position nationally, reaching 50% support among decided voters. This represents a two-point increase since April and marks the highest level of support recorded by Leger for the Liberals since they first formed government in 2015.

Nik Nanos

Gap continues to narrow: Liberals 40.3, Conservatives 32.8, NDP 13.2

The Liberals maintain a clear lead in federal voter preferences at 41.1%, ahead of the Conservatives at 32.7%, though the margin has narrowed to single digits, indicating a more competitive environment may be emerging. Other parties remain well behind, with the NDP at 12.6% and smaller shares for the Bloc, Greens and People’s Party. Public attention continues to centre on...

Opinion

Aaron Wherry

Is a technical recession technically a problem for Mark Carney?

The political significance of 2 consecutive quarters of bad GDP data. Pierre Poilievre popped up before reporters who were waiting outside a cabinet meeting on Tuesday and in the span of 10 minutes the Conservative leader managed to use the word "recession" more than two dozen times. "Mr. Trump's policies are affecting all G7 countries, and none of them are...

Lawrence Martin

Canadians should hit back at renewed 51st state insults

We recall last year when U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra said that annexation talk was over. “From my standpoint, from the President’s standpoint, 51st state’s not coming back,” he said. “It’s done.” Yeah, sure. This week Donald Trump posted “51st State” on Truth Social. It came with a link to an article about the Canadian economy dipping into a recession, the...

News

David Thurton

Will the Alberta-Canada carbon pricing deal work? A new analysis is skeptical

A new analysis shows the Carney government's pipeline deal could lead Canada further from its climate targets, even with an agreement on carbon pricing. The independent Canadian Climate Institute modelled the impact of the new deal between Alberta and Ottawa on carbon pollution. Compared with the emissions trajectory before the deal was signed, the institute's analysis found Canada's emissions would...

Kyle Duggan

Things to know about Donald Trump's forced labour claims against Canada

Canada is facing the prospect of entirely new tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration after Washington claimed Ottawa has a poor track record on preventing importation of products of forced labour. The move comes as Canada's biggest free trade pact, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, is up for renewal.

Politician's Pen

Senator David Wells

Regulatory Predictability, Not Government Favouritism, Will Get Major Projects Built

Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon’s recent acknowledgment that new legislation may be needed to accelerate approvals for major projects is an admission of long-standing failure. Canada’s regulatory system for infrastructure and resource development has become slow, uncertain, and politicized. While Ottawa now speaks of one or two year approval windows and continues expanding entities like the Major Projects Office, deeper...

Senator Andrew Cardozo

To be or not to be (partisan)? that is the question facing the Prime Minister on the Senate

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Sean Boyd, Ammar Al-Joundi

Arctic Sovereignty and Potential: Ignore the Community, Lose the Opportunity

Susan Delacourt

Donald Trump has found another way to keep Canadians up at night

Dominic LeBlanc, Mark Carney’s point minister on Canada-U.S. relations, was no doubt feeling the pressure as he landed in Washington on Tuesday to kick-start trade talks with Donald Trump’s administration. But it’s less pressure than he was facing last year, according to some new polling from Abacus Data. Canadians’ anxiety about Trump’s trade war has declined sharply from 2025, Abacus...

Kelly McParland

The Carney paradox — as Canada swirls down the drain, his popularity goes through the roof

Are Canadians worried? Apparently not. So what's wrong with us? Has 'elbows up' gone to our heads?

John Ivison

The crucial words Carney left out of his antisemitism speech

In the course of researching my biography on Irwin Cotler, I spoke with his old McGill debating partner, Moses Znaimer, the CityTV and MuchMusic founder. In typically unfiltered Znaimer fashion he wondered aloud what the former Liberal party justice minister thought about his old party, “which betrayed the Jewish community, in favour of the huge Muslim influx, of which they...

Michael Wernick

Plus ça Change? Reflections on the Alberta Referendum from a Veteran of 1995

Watching Canada slide toward another episode of national unity trauma has been profoundly saddening for those of us who lived through the country’s last, near-death encounter with a secession crisis. In 1995, I was serving as assistant secretary of constitutional affairs in the Privy Council Office, responsible for generating policy arguments and messaging for the federalist coalition. The last stage...

Don Braid

Alberta separatist leaders imagine a grand alliance with Quebec separatists. Not happening.

There’s a fantasy among some Alberta separatists that Quebec separatists are their friends. Not likely. They are risky company for an Alberta politician of any stripe. As Premier Danielle Smith visits Quebec for friendly talks with the new premier, Christine Frechette, she knows who to avoid. It’s much noted in Quebec that the separatist Parti Quebecois could win a provincial...

Rick Bell

Danielle Smith set to name experts to nail down cost of Alberta separatism

To start the week, in this column space, you would have read how Alberta Premier Danielle Smith gave us a ballpark price tag for Alberta leaving Canada and becoming its own country. It was a ballpark number. Around $400 billion in start-up costs for an independent Alberta. $25 billion to $50 billion in yearly costs.

Adam Radwanski

Ontario’s electricity bills are set to shoot up. But Mark Carney has a big idea that might keep them in check

Ontarians could soon be facing a massive energy bill. Electricity demand between now and 2050 will likely double, according to projections, and to meet it Doug Ford’s government intends to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on new nuclear reactors alone. Throw in anticipated refurbishments of existing reactors, plus new transmission lines and other power generation projects, and the costs...

Gary Mason

Will the B.C. Conservatives now become MAGA North?

Someone tuning in to the victory address by new B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay could have been forgiven if they thought they’d somehow stumbled across a speech being given by a U.S. Republican from Texas. “In our national anthem, we cry out to God to make our land glorious and free,” Ms. Findlay told the gathering of Conservative party faithful...

Rick Bell

Danielle Smith drops a $400-billion bomb on Alberta separatism

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith drops a political bomb, a financial bomb, a bomb dropped on the separatist assumptions of way more gain than pain by Alberta leaving Canada and striking out on its own. Almost $400 billion in start-up costs to set up an independent Alberta. Roughly $80,000 for every Albertan. Somewhere between $25 billion and $50 billion in yearly...

Gillian Steward

It is up to Albertans to shut the separatist movement down

Ever since Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced the referendum on a referendum there has been a flurry of speculation from one end of the country to the other. Most of it comes in the form of a warning: things could look much more dire if this confusing referendum question propulses Albertans into a real referendum on separation. Separatists don’t give...

Tasha Kheiriddin

Mark Carney in denial over what's behind antisemitism

Mark Carney is usually good at speaking truth to power, but yesterday he failed. In an address to Jewish Canadians at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, he named the problem — rampant antisemitism — but failed to offer a solution. He failed to send a message to those causing the problem. And he failed to understand the nature of Canada itself.

Max Fawcett

With Guilbeault gone, the Justin Trudeau era is now officially over

Steven Guilbeault finally had enough. The renewed deal between Alberta and Ottawa, which lowers the headline industrial carbon price and weakens or eliminates other climate policies he fought for as the minister of environment and climate change, made it abundantly clear that he could no longer sit in the Liberal caucus. Indeed, the writing was so obviously on the political...

Éric Blais

Mark Carney had a blithe response to the departure of a star Liberal. Here’s why he may regret it

When reporters asked Mark Carney about Steven Guilbeault’s decision to quit the Liberal caucus and his seat, months after walking out of cabinet over the Alberta MOU, the Prime Minister was gracious. He wished him and his family well. As reported by Radio-Canada, Carney said: “C’est sa décision, c’est normal, c’est la vie” — it’s his decision, it’s normal, that’s...

John Ivison

Liberals can do better than abandon promised free trade in Canadian booze

The first promise made by the federal Liberals in their last election platform — literally — was to unite the country by building one economy, so that Canadians can work wherever they want and goods can move freely from coast to coast. “Unleashing free trade” would “give ourselves much more than any foreign government, including the U.S., can ever take...

John Ibbitson

Central Canadian elites are as much to blame for Alberta’s separatist movement as anyone else

Central Canadian political elites are upset with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to hold a referendum that might eventually lead to a sovereign Alberta. While sovereigntist sentiment in Quebec has long been acknowledged and accommodated in English Canada, Western alienation is treated with who-do-they-think-they-are condescension.

Kevin Bosch, Pam Damoff

Jean Augustine Honoured with Pearson Centre Laureate Award for a Lifetime of Leadership and Firsts

Michael Harris

If there’s a Trump 2.0, Canada must be ready to face that brave new world

If this president has somehow permanently changed American politics, if there is a Trump 2.0 with someone like J.D. Vance, Canada must embrace the wider world, as Mark Carney is doing. It's not only prudent, it is essential.

Vaughn Palmer

For new B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay, it's about 'faith, family and freedom'

Former federal cabinet minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay cast herself as the one, true blue Conservative in the campaign for the B.C. party leadership that culminated Saturday evening with her narrow, fourth ballot victory. Article content “B.C. Liberal insiders are trying to take over the Conservative party of B.C.,” declared Findlay’s campaign literature. “They want to steal the Conservative name and push...

Susan Delacourt

Mark Carney flexes the Liberal party’s powers of transformation

Steven Guilbeault’s breakup with his Liberal government was a long time coming, but the events that set if off were swift. In an interview with my colleague Ryan Tumilty, the former environment minister and soon-to-be ex-MP underlined just how much the Liberals have changed in a matter of months.

David McLaughlin

Pierre Poilievre has a choice to make

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s separation referendum is federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s opportunity. If he takes it. Alberta is ground zero for the conservative movement in Canada. It has long asserted a more populist, free market, small government hold on the Conservative Party of Canada, past and present. It has outsized political influence on the direction of the party, given...

Shannon Proudfoot

Steven Guilbeault’s resignation from the Liberal caucus and putting water in your climate policy wine

One word kept coming up this week, as Steven Guilbeault tendered his resignation from a government in which he no longer thought he could do his most important work. The word was “room.” As in: Is there still room on the Liberal benches for an ardent environmentalist? Can the party offer room for pipeline and resource proponents, alongside people animated...

Adam Radwanski

Yes, you’ll be able to invest in the Canada Strong Fund. If only we knew what it was

If you’re a patriotic Canadian who believes we need to build up this country as rarely before, Mark Carney wants you to put your own dollars into it. And despite a high degree of skepticism among his friends in the financial world, he’s serious about offering a government-backed guarantee that you’ll get your money back.

Political Pulse Panel

Will Carney’s MAGA pitch help ease trade tensions?

News of strain in Canada’s economy comes after more than a year of a trade war with the U.S. — and a day after Prime Minister Mark Carney pitches Canada as a tool to help make America great again. The Pulse Panel weighs in.

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Alex Ballingall, Mark Ramzy

Documents reveal that Palantir contract was worth $30M more than government disclosed

The Department of National Defence kept secret how much it paid for a contract with the controversial American tech company Palantir, according to newly released documents that show the deal was worth $30 million more than the government disclosed to Parliament last year. It’s the latest in an expanding picture of how the Canadian military uses and pays the U.S...

Mike Le Couteur

Canada, Five Eyes warn China using online job sites in spy operation

In a rare joint warning, Canada and other Five Eyes intelligence sharing countries say China is using professional networking sites like LinkedIn, Indeed and Upwork to target current and former government or military personnel who could have access to “classified or privileged information.” The alert was drafted by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), the Australia Security Intelligence Organization, the...

Kelly Geraldine Malone

Canada looking to beef up forced labour laws as U.S. imposes new 10 per cent tariff

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday his Liberal government will soon introduce legislation on forced labour in supply chains after the Trump administration proposed a 10 per cent additional tariff on Canada and other countries following an investigation into the issue. "Canada has a very strong legislative regime against forced labour in supply chains," Carney told reporters in Ottawa. "We...

Uday Rana

Canadian economy ‘expected to strengthen’ after technical recession: OECD

After Canada’s economy slipped into a technical recession last week, a new outlook by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, said on Wednesday said that GDP growth is set to rebound later in the year and continue growing into 2027. “GDP growth is expected to strengthen over 2026 and 2027,” the OECD said in a note about...

Simon Tuck

Carney's Liberals hit record-high 50% support: poll - A first for a governing party in 23 years

The Carney Liberals now have the support of half of Canadians, according to a new Postmedia-leger poll, the first time any governing party has hit that benchmark in popular support in more than two decades. The poll, conducted over the past week, found 50 per cent of decided voters said they would most likely support the Liberals “if federal elections...

Anja Karadeglija

Ottawa tells CRTC to change course on increasing streamers' financial contributions

Ottawa is directing the CRTC to back down on its recent decision to triple streamers' financial contributions to Canadian content, and will instead provide $600 million to the sector, Culture Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday. The decision comes after the Motion Picture Association, the U.S. group representing streamers, called on cabinet to reconsider the current approach and the U.S. ambassador...

Stuart Benson

Caucus management is a matter of survival for Liberal majority government, say observers

Former Liberal staffer Lisa Kirbie says Steven Guilbeault's resignation and organized caucus dissent have exposed simmering progressive concerns that high polling can't keep a lid on forever.

Sarah Ritchie

Conservative MP says First Nations votes will be critical in Alberta referendum

Conservative MP Billy Morin says he will spend the summer talking to Indigenous leaders about encouraging people to vote in the Alberta referendum. Albertans are set to vote in October on whether they want to stay in Canada or prefer to hold a future binding referendum on separating from the country. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he and his caucus...

Catharine Tunney

51st state 'a great discussion' for Trump and Carney, says Hoekstra as president trolls ahead of trade talks

Carney says Canada won't react or respond to every post from the U.S. president. U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said making Canada the 51st state would be "a great discussion for the president" and Prime Minister Mark Carney to have, as the White House resurrects the sensitive topic just as trade talks gear up. After backing off his annexation...

Stephanie Taylor

Conservative MPs under pressure to publicly oppose separation - Some are being more vocal than others

Some are being more vocal than others. Former Alberta finance minister Travis Toews says it is important for federal Conservatives in Alberta to publicly state their position about remaining a part of Canada, but acknowledged there are “various levels of comfort in entering the debate” in the party's caucus...

Judy Trinh

To win submarine contract, South Korea’s ‘Project Beaver’ proposes manufacturing hydrogen trucks in Canada

The secret weapon in South Korea’s bid to win the lucrative submarine contract is code named “Project Beaver.” Facing market conditions that blocked it from bringing an electric vehicle plant to Canada, the South Koreans drafted a plan to manufacture hydrogen long-haul freight trucks and build dozens of charging stations in Canada, beginning in 2030. The proposal was submitted as...

Stephanie Taylor

Why Preston Manning says sticking to 'status quo' in face of Alberta separation is 'extremely unwise'

'Simply building a pipeline is not the complete answer,' said Manning. On the eve of the 1995 referendum vote in Quebec, Preston Manning rose in the House of Commons to ask the Liberal government of the day how it might be willing to change to convince a “soft sovereigntist or a discontented federalist” to vote against leaving the country. Article...

Campbell MacDiarmid

Carney shrugs off Trump's latest 51st state jab as trade talks ramp up

PM said Canada would not react or respond to every post from the U.S. president. Prime Minister Mark Carney shrugged off U.S. president Donald Trump's latest jab about Canada being the 51st state as a post by an "exceptionally active user of social media." "It's only gone up in recent months," Carney said Tuesday of Trump's online posting. "And we're...

Spencer Van Dyk

‘This agreement is highly beneficial’: LeBlanc wants CUSMA renewed as Trump revives 51st state threat

In a letter to his counterparts in the United States and Mexico, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he wants to renew the countries’ trilateral trade deal for another 16 years and opt out of an annual review process. “This agreement is highly beneficial to each of our countries and to the integrated North American economy,” LeBlanc wrote in a...

Murray Brewster

Canada confirms purchase of 26 HIMARS rocket launchers from U.S. government

DND says decision made after 'a rigorous evaluation process.' A little over a month after the Pentagon revealed it had ordered a batch of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) for several allied countries, including Canada, the Liberal government has now publicly acknowledged the purchase. Defence Minister David McGuinty, in a statement on Tuesday, said 26 of the highly...

Raffy Boudjikanian

Chair of Carney's new faith advisory council defends its mandate and membership

Canadian Identity Minister Marc Miller is defending the makeup and initial mandate of a faith advisory council Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Monday, as it faces criticism from Opposition Conservatives and Jewish advocacy group B'nai Brith. "Part of this committee is to talk in a way that is open and frank and to tackle issues with a group of...

Canada reaches deal with Quebec on billions of dollars in infrastructure funding

Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government has reached a new deal with Quebec to transfer billions of dollars in funding for infrastructure. Carney says the money could be used to build new hospitals and invest in public transit. He made the announcement in Longueuil, Que., near Montreal, with Quebec Premier Christine Frechette.

Neil Moss

U.S. State Department looks to Canada to offer support as Trump eyes Cuba

With United States President Donald Trump increasing pressure on Cuba, his country’s State Department is looking to Canada to build support for regime change in Havana. Foreign Affairs deputy minister Arun Thangaraj was at the U.S. State Department last week where he met with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau. During that meeting, the topic of Cuba came up...

Newfoundland and Labrador offering millions for exploration to open new oil frontiers

Oil production is ramping up off Newfoundland and Labrador and the government is offering money to companies interested in looking for more. Premier Tony Wakeham opened an annual energy conference in St. John's, N.L., by announcing a call for exploration bids on 16 areas off the province's east coast. He says his government will offer up to $30 million to...

Alessia Passafiume

AFN chief rebukes Alberta separation talks in meeting with King Charles

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations rebuked the Alberta separation movement during a meeting with King Charles at Buckingham Palace today. Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says Canada needs to be reminded that First Nations were partners in the country's creation and that relationship can't be changed through politics. She says that relationship will remain as long as the...

Sarah Ritchie

Poilievre says Quebec separatism was 'wiped out' under Tories. Polls say otherwise.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says support for Quebec separatism was "wiped out" under Stephen Harper's government but polls show the movement has had steady support for decades. The Tory leader insists separatist sentiment in both Alberta and Quebec is being driven by the Liberals and their policies. Bloc Quebecois House leader Christine Normandin pointed out that Quebec elected a Parti...

Kelly Geraldine Malone

Canada sends letter to U.S., Mexico calling for renewal of trade agreement

Canada has sent a letter to the United States and Mexico recommending that the three countries renew the continental trade pact. The letter from Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is required as part of the mandatory review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, known in Canada as CUSMA. LeBlanc is set to travel to Washington today to meet with U.S...

Stephanie Ha

In first remarks after Canada enters ‘technical recession,’ Carney acknowledges ‘weakness’ in economy

While Prime Minister Mark Carney acknowledged weaknesses in the Canadian economy, he also defended the federal government’s economic agenda on Tuesday and did not use the word “recession.” “This government’s been in the process of laying the foundations for a stronger, more resilient, more independent Canadian economy,” Carney said Tuesday when asked directly by reporters in Ottawa about whether Canada...

Nik Nanos

Gap continues to narrow: Liberals 40.3, Conservatives 32.8, NDP 13.2

Anja Karadeglija

U.S. big tech holds 85% of Canadian cloud market, report says ahead of AI strategy

Three big U.S. tech companies control the vast majority of Canada's publicly-available cloud infrastructure, says a new report released ahead of the government's national AI strategy, which is expected to include measures targeting AI sovereignty. Amazon, Microsoft and Google hold 85 per cent of public cloud market share in Canada -- much higher than their global average of 66 per...

Alex Binkley

Digital agriculture is the future of Canadian farming

Abigail Bimman

House Speaker denies Poilievre’s request for emergency debate on Canada’s economy

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s request for an emergency debate on the state of Canada’s economy was denied by the Speaker of the House Monday afternoon. Poilievre rose in the House Monday afternoon to formally make that call. “The prime minister couldn’t be bothered to say a single thing about this emergency since he learned of it on Friday morning,” Poilievre...

Ian Bailey

Former prime minister Harper to make the case for a united Canada ahead of Alberta referendum

Former prime minister Stephen Harper will be campaigning for Albertans to remain a part of Canada and reject the sovereignty option in this October’s provincial referendum, according to his spokesperson. Mr. Harper, who led the country from 2006 to 2015, is one of Canada’s most prominent Conservatives and, though born and raised in Toronto, has lived in Alberta throughout his...

Wolfgang Depner

Praise from Poilievre, but ex-B. C. Conservative MLAs say new leader will polarize

Two former B.C. Conservative legislators now sitting as Independents say new leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay will polarize the province. Amelia Boultbee said Findlay's victory on Saturday showed that part of the B.C. Conservative base and board want to take the party "further and further to the right," and "engage in Donald Trump-style populism," while Elenore Sturko said it was sad the...

Dayne Patterson

Separatism and energy: Alberta's Smith to meet with counterpart in Quebec this week

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is planning to meet with her counterpart in Quebec City this week, with separatism and energy possible topics of discussion. Smith says she's hoping Quebec Premier Christine Frechette will be open to talking about an east-west energy corridor. Smith says every time she has met with leadership in Quebec that she has talked about developing a...

US Poli

The Associated Press

House passes resolution to halt military action in Iran in rebuke of Trump

The House approved a war powers resolution Wednesday that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to seek to end the three-month-long war. Opposition to the war has only grown as the conflict drags on and as Trump struggles to negotiate a quick resolution.

Hannah Fingerhut And Ali Swenson, The Associated Press

MAHA candidate beats Trump's choice in Republican primary for Iowa governor

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Businessman Zach Lahn's win in Iowa's Republican gubernatorial primary over President Donald Trump's pick, Rep. Randy Feenstra, delivered a rare electoral setback for Trump in a primary season that had previously handed him back-to-back victories.

Steven Sloan And Steve Peoples, The Associated Press

Takeaways from Tuesday's primaries as Democrats try to make Iowa inroads and defend California

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The contours of a premier U.S. Senate race took shape Tuesday night in Iowa, while President Donald Trump's endorsement streak ran into a roadblock there.

Will Weissert And Josh Boak, The Associated Press

'Out of my lane.' Dr. Oz ducks questions during his turn in the White House briefing room

WASHINGTON (AP) -- He spoke fast, hammering through the Trump administration's efforts to lower prescription drug prices, combat health care fraud, and curb the spread of Ebola overseas.

International

Neil Moss

U.S. State Department looks to Canada to offer support as Trump eyes Cuba

Spencer Van Dyk

Sweden’s PM jokes about Canada joining the EU, says it’s a ‘very welcoming club’

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson joked there may be a place for Canada in the European Union to join “like-minded” nations as “the most Nordic country in the world outside the Nordics.” “European Union is obviously a matter of geography, you can hear that from the name,” Kristersson told CTV Question Period host Vassy Kapelos when asked for his opinion...

Luca Caruso-Moro

U.S. blockage on Strait of Hormuz ‘will now be lifted,’ says Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. blockade on ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz “will now be lifted.” “Ships caught in the Strait due to our amazing and unprecedented Naval Blockade, which will now be lifted, may start the process of ‘heading home!’ Say HELLO to your wives, husbands, parents, and families from me, your favorite President!” reads...

Catherine Morrison

China's foreign minister Wang Yi set to meet Carney, Anand today

China's foreign minister Wang Yi is in Ottawa today, the first such visit in a decade. He is in Canada for a three-day trip that will include meetings with Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Prime Minister Mark Carney. The prime minister visited China in January and met with President Xi Jinping.

Rachel Aiello

‘Worth repeating’: U.S. ambassador welcomes PM Carney’s offer to ‘help make America great again’

Employing U.S. President Donald Trump’s marquee slogan, Prime Minister Mark Carney told a New York City business crowd on Thursday that “Canada strong will help make America great again,” a remark the U.S. envoy to this country said was “worth repeating.” Speaking at the Economic Club of New York, the prime minister detailed his economic diversification strategy, and his plans...

Think Tank

Matthew Lau

Government control of child care continues to hurt Ontario families

Dr. Weisu Yu, Philippe Rheault

TCI QuickTake: Canada’s Goods Exposure to China May Be Significantly Larger Than its Export Data Suggest

Chinese import-side mirror data, which capture how China records imports from Canada, point to a larger Canadian-origin goods footprint — and a more complex bilateral trade relationship than headline export figures imply.

Vina Nadjibulla

The Hard Choices of Canada’s China Reset

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Canada this week is significant. It is the first bilateral visit to Canada by a Chinese foreign minister since June 2016, and the most visible sign yet that the thaw in Canada-China relations that began with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s January visit to Beijing is moving into a more consequential implementation phase. If...

Substacks

A collection of SubStack publishing within Canadian public affairs.

Edward Greenspon

The Opposable Prime Minister

In 2007, Roger Martin, then dean of the Rotman School of Management at University of Toronto, wrote a book called The Opposable Mind. It argued that the most successful leaders tend to be “integrative thinkers,” by which he meant they tackled problems holistically rather than breaking them down into component parts. Instead of seeking trade-offs, they are at ease with...

Steven Staples

Can the Ottawa Treaty banning landmines survive?

“Despite the ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel which has resulted in thousands of deaths and injuries…Lebanon moved forward with the ban on antipersonnel landmines,” said the Ottawa-based group Mines Action Canada in a statement, celebrating the new addition.

Dean Beeby

Protecting a pedophile's privacy

Canada’s privacy laws are supposed to protect ordinary citizens from unwarranted intrusions into their personal lives. But they can also protect pedophiles. Dead pedophiles. Dead pedophiles from America.

Podcasts

The Exit Interview: Steven Guilbeault

Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! There was a resignation in Ottawa last week that struck a louder chord than most. High profile Liberal caucus member, and former Cabinet Minister, Steven Guilbeault announced will be leaving politics over the summer. Best known for his time as Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Mr. Guilbeault has been nothing if not...

Can Canada avoid a deepening recession?

Canada has entered a “technical recession,” leading to fingerpointing in the House of Commons and Donald Trump renewing his calls to make Canada the 51st state. Many economists are disputing that this is a recession at all. But whatever you call it, the economy is weak right now. It was weak before the trade war and it’s been made weaker...

Reporter's Notebook -- Raj and Russo on Canada/Us and Much More

Althia Raj and Rob Russo share what they're hearing on everything from Dominic LeBlanc's visit to Washington and what it says about Canada's latest stance on the relationship with the United States; Stephen Harper; AI; and what's happening inside the Liberal caucus and what that could mean for the NDP.

On The Line: What Canadian digital sovereignty?

In this episode of On The Line, host Jen Gerson sits down with James McLeod of the Canadian Shield Institute to discuss one of the most talked-about — and least understood — concepts in Canadian public policy: digital sovereignty.

PM Carney to announce federal artificial intelligence strategy in Toronto today

He yells’: Mark Carney’s focus has Liberal MPs bristling

How high pandemic-period immigration papered over the cracks in Canada's economy

New B.C. Conservative leader would maintain 'economic relations' with an independent Alberta

Canada must increase NATO air and naval defences, U.S. demands

Polls

Federal Politics: Liberals Reach Highest Level of Support

Gap continues to narrow: Liberals 40.3, Conservatives 32.8, NDP 13.2

Opinion

Is a technical recession technically a problem for Mark Carney?

Canadians should hit back at renewed 51st state insults

News

Will the Alberta-Canada carbon pricing deal work? A new analysis is skeptical

Things to know about Donald Trump's forced labour claims against Canada

Politician's Pen

Regulatory Predictability, Not Government Favouritism, Will Get Major Projects Built

To be or not to be (partisan)? that is the question facing the Prime Minister on the Senate

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Arctic Sovereignty and Potential: Ignore the Community, Lose the Opportunity

Donald Trump has found another way to keep Canadians up at night

The Carney paradox — as Canada swirls down the drain, his popularity goes through the roof

The crucial words Carney left out of his antisemitism speech

Plus ça Change? Reflections on the Alberta Referendum from a Veteran of 1995

Alberta separatist leaders imagine a grand alliance with Quebec separatists. Not happening.

Danielle Smith set to name experts to nail down cost of Alberta separatism

Ontario’s electricity bills are set to shoot up. But Mark Carney has a big idea that might keep them in check

Will the B.C. Conservatives now become MAGA North?

Danielle Smith drops a $400-billion bomb on Alberta separatism

It is up to Albertans to shut the separatist movement down

Mark Carney in denial over what's behind antisemitism

With Guilbeault gone, the Justin Trudeau era is now officially over

Mark Carney had a blithe response to the departure of a star Liberal. Here’s why he may regret it

Liberals can do better than abandon promised free trade in Canadian booze

Central Canadian elites are as much to blame for Alberta’s separatist movement as anyone else

Jean Augustine Honoured with Pearson Centre Laureate Award for a Lifetime of Leadership and Firsts

If there’s a Trump 2.0, Canada must be ready to face that brave new world

For new B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay, it's about 'faith, family and freedom'

Mark Carney flexes the Liberal party’s powers of transformation

Pierre Poilievre has a choice to make

Steven Guilbeault’s resignation from the Liberal caucus and putting water in your climate policy wine

Yes, you’ll be able to invest in the Canada Strong Fund. If only we knew what it was

Will Carney’s MAGA pitch help ease trade tensions?

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Documents reveal that Palantir contract was worth $30M more than government disclosed

Canada, Five Eyes warn China using online job sites in spy operation

Canada looking to beef up forced labour laws as U.S. imposes new 10 per cent tariff

Canadian economy ‘expected to strengthen’ after technical recession: OECD

Car­ney's Lib­er­als hit record-high 50% sup­port: poll - A first for a gov­ern­ing party in 23 years

Ottawa tells CRTC to change course on increasing streamers' financial contributions

Caucus management is a matter of survival for Liberal majority government, say observers

Conservative MP says First Nations votes will be critical in Alberta referendum

51st state 'a great discussion' for Trump and Carney, says Hoekstra as president trolls ahead of trade talks

Con­ser­vat­ive MPs under pres­sure to pub­licly oppose sep­ar­a­tion - Some are being more vocal than oth­ers

To win submarine contract, South Korea’s ‘Project Beaver’ proposes manufacturing hydrogen trucks in Canada

Why Preston Manning says sticking to 'status quo' in face of Alberta separation is 'extremely unwise'

Carney shrugs off Trump's latest 51st state jab as trade talks ramp up

‘This agreement is highly beneficial’: LeBlanc wants CUSMA renewed as Trump revives 51st state threat

Canada confirms purchase of 26 HIMARS rocket launchers from U.S. government

Chair of Carney's new faith advisory council defends its mandate and membership

Canada reaches deal with Quebec on billions of dollars in infrastructure funding

U.S. State Department looks to Canada to offer support as Trump eyes Cuba

Newfoundland and Labrador offering millions for exploration to open new oil frontiers

AFN chief rebukes Alberta separation talks in meeting with King Charles

Poilievre says Quebec separatism was 'wiped out' under Tories. Polls say otherwise.

Canada sends letter to U.S., Mexico calling for renewal of trade agreement

In first remarks after Canada enters ‘technical recession,’ Carney acknowledges ‘weakness’ in economy

Gap continues to narrow: Liberals 40.3, Conservatives 32.8, NDP 13.2

U.S. big tech holds 85% of Canadian cloud market, report says ahead of AI strategy

Digital agriculture is the future of Canadian farming

House Speaker denies Poilievre’s request for emergency debate on Canada’s economy

Former prime minister Harper to make the case for a united Canada ahead of Alberta referendum

Praise from Poilievre, but ex-B. C. Conservative MLAs say new leader will polarize

Separatism and energy: Alberta's Smith to meet with counterpart in Quebec this week

US Poli

House passes resolution to halt military action in Iran in rebuke of Trump

MAHA candidate beats Trump's choice in Republican primary for Iowa governor

Takeaways from Tuesday's primaries as Democrats try to make Iowa inroads and defend California

'Out of my lane.' Dr. Oz ducks questions during his turn in the White House briefing room

International

U.S. State Department looks to Canada to offer support as Trump eyes Cuba

Carney's Liberals hit record-high 50% support: poll - A first for a governing party in 23 years

Conservative MPs under pressure to publicly oppose separation - Some are being more vocal than others